Business

Stats Canada: How businesses have been impacted by COVID-19 pandemic

LETHBRIDGE, AB - It may not come as a surprise to most, but the majority of Canadian businesses have been hit hard in the last two months.Representatives from 12,600 companies across the country took ...

Apr 30, 2020 The Ross Street Patio has been closed during the COVID-19 pandemic (rdnewsNOW file photo)

AHS brings curtain down on drive-in movie nights in Mirror

Alberta Health Services (AHS) has put the brakes on a series of drive-in movies in the hamlet of Mirror.Chris Scott, owner of the Whistle Stop Caf in Mirror where the drive-in movies were being screen...

Apr 30, 2020 A recent drive-in movie night at the Whistle Stop Cafe in Mirror. (Supplied)

London Drugs offers help for small businesses struggling during pandemic

London Drugs is offering up shelf space in select stores to local small businesses who have had to close their doors due to COVID-19. Beginning today, small businesses in Western Canada are welcome to...

Apr 29, 2020 rdnewsNOW file photo

Cargill beef plant to reopen next week after COVID-19 outbreak forced closure

CALGARY - Workers are to return Monday to a beef processing plant south of Calgary that was closed for two weeks because of a COVID-19 outbreak. Cargill says its High River facility will restart ...

Apr 29, 2020

Pandemic delays No Landfill Disposal Facility in Sylvan Lake

The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic is causing delays for the Town of Sylvan Lake in having its planned No Landfill Disposal Facility up and running by year's end.On Monday, town council learned of a rece...

Apr 29, 2020 (Fogdog Energy Solutions Incorporated)

Alberta small business confidence sees some improvement: CFIB

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) says its April Business Barometer shows small business confidence in the province has taken another step in the right direction.CFIB says confide...

Apr 29, 2020

Olds College deploys autonomous equipment in the field

Olds College is the only post-secondary institution in the world to deploy the fully autonomous DOT Power Platform as a teaching and research tool on the College's Smart Farm. Officials say this next ...

Apr 29, 2020 (Photo: Sergei Belski)

AgSmart 2020 cancelled at Olds College

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Government of Alberta's mass gathering restrictions, AgSmart 2020 has been cancelled. After a successful launch in 2019, AgSmart officials say they are dis...

Apr 28, 2020

End of the line for former Red Deer landmark

Curious onlookers gathered near the site of a long time Red Deer landmark on Monday to witness its demolition. Located on the southeast corner of Gaetz Avenue and 32 Street, the former Northwest Motor...

Apr 27, 2020 Demolition of the former Northwest Motors dealership at Gaetz Avenue and 32 Street began Monday. The site will become home to a gas bar operated by Central Alberta Co-op. (rdnewsNOW/Sheldon Spackman)

Market Watch: April 24, 2020

Big PictureVolatile Oil Prices Take Investors on Wild RideU.S. stocks declined sharply on Monday, signaling the start of another volatile week, after U.S. crude futures entered negative territory for ...

Apr 24, 2020